====== MySql password and old_password ======
/* Old password type */
SET PASSWORD FOR 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('mypass');
/* New password type */
SET PASSWORD FOR 'some_user'@'some_host' = PASSWORD('mypass');
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'mypass';
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'validate_password%';
+--------------------------------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------------------+-------+
| validate_password.check_user_name | ON |
| validate_password.dictionary_file | |
| validate_password.length | 6 |
| validate_password.mixed_case_count | 1 |
| validate_password.number_count | 1 |
| validate_password.policy | LOW |
| validate_password.special_char_count | 1 |
+--------------------------------------+-------+
SET GLOBAL validate_password.length = 6;
SET GLOBAL validate_password.number_count = 0;